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The creation of the Agroextrativist Settlement Project - PAE -, at Amapá's south, allowed the installation of a populational parcel that lives trough silviculture exploration. Incra, the responsible for agrarian settlements, recognized the existence of different forms of land use and of nature-society relations and has created a modality of joint management, which attributes PAE's associations a participation in the management. This essay's objective is to analyze if the partnership caused settler empowerment or if it was an authoritarian strategy by Incra. The methodological proceedings were interviews with managers of the associations and agroextrativists, analysis of Incra's and the main association's documents, and bibliographical research of theses and dissertations pertinent to this subject. It can be deduced that INCRA, from the beginning, has adopted inappropriate procedures, the settlers have intentional dissonance in their actions, intentions and even in management. Incra acts by being authoritarian, it makes omissions and its neglect impoverishes the Utilization Plan, main document for the settlement's management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]